tail lights on 64 driving me insane

[jtm]

ok...replaced rear harness that goes to the tail lights and the license plate light. license plate light works but tail lights do not...replaced fuse and bulbs, still nothing...what the hell am i missing?

[iride]

sounds like a ground problem make sure the housing is grounded where the screws are it is usually rusty and doesn't ground, if you have to, run a good ground to the light housing with a piece of wire

[jtm]

thanks, gonna go try it, never even thought the housing would need to be grounded....

[jtm]

holy schnikys batman....where do your live...bringing you a six pack of your choice...all i did was put a clean screw in and voila!!!!!

i am such a neophyte...guess thats how you learn though....thanks a bunch for the tip....

[jtm]

everything working cept now no brake lights...something to look forward to tomorrow

[Hilandr451]

Re: Brake lights
check your turn signals & see if they work. If the emergency flasher is broken or missing neither the turn signals nor the brake lights will work.

[pheengurs]

on my 64, I had to rewire new grounds from the battery to the front frame, from the front frame to the inner cab and from the rear frame to each tail light housing...

also my own truck, as far as the 'custom' wiring jobs of many many folks since 64... In a nutshell -- everything that I saw had a groundwire, got a new wire, and a new, clean ground contact point... Everything works as it should now...

[Demmit_Hemmit's 65]

Yep............In these old trucks grounds are important..........Had the same problems with my burb.................Fixed the parking lights with a ground...............had to replace the turnsignal switch to fix the brake light problem..................A current tester was a very handy thing to have to figure all this out...........good-luck.................Hemmit

[jtm]

brakes was a disconnected wire...everything working now...thanks guys